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In today’s Website Whispers, we get into a variety of topics, including Darrelle Revis, Austin Howard, Mark Sanchez and so much more. Let’s go . . .
With all the attention being paid to the great job the Jets’ offensive line did run blocking, one accomplishment getting obscured is the tremendous job done by D’Brickashaw Ferguson on Dwight Freeney. He finished with half a tackle, and got nowhere near the quarterback. His only play of note was a tipped pass . . .
How is right tackle Austin Howard doing? He’s doing okay, but still needs to get a lot better.
The man he was scheduled to face, Robert Mathis, missed the game with a knee injury.
The man who replaced Mathis, Jerry Hughes, who has been a disappointment since being picked in the first round of the 2010 draft, had the best game of his career.
He finished with eight tackles, along with a sack and three quarterback hits.
The sack made little sense from a schematic standpoint. Early in the fourth quarter, Hughes came off the edge, on Howard’s side, unblocked, and sacked Sanchez.
This was a blown assignment. Whoever Howard went to block on the interior couldn’t have been more important than Hughes, especially since Howard had no help on that side.
Howard has done some good things, but still has a lot of work to do.
One of Howard’s best plays in this game was on Greene’s four-yard TD run off right tackle in the third quarter. Howard did a nice job of sealing the right edge, and Green ran to his right for the touchdown.
Green also helped his own cause breaking tackles attempts by both Colts safeties, Tom Zbikowski and Antoine Bethea, during the course of the run . . .
There were so many good run blocks in this game. It was absolute domination. One that caught my eye was by sixth lineman Jason Smith. He lined up on the left side, next to Brick, and pushed
DE Ricardo Mathews back on skates to the right, and Green ran into the vacated spot for the touchdown . . .
Mo Wilkerson had to leave the game briefly with an injury.
What was it?
A cut knee . . .
Interested point from Mark Sanchez after the game about the passing game-plan.
“We got to save a lot of calls,” Sanchez said.
They only threw 18 passes, so there are some unused plays that they practiced quite a bit, that they will be able to use in New England. They aren’t on film for the Pats to see . . .
The Revis’ camp really seems to love to stick it to the Jets.
Over the last few years, Revis’ people have leaked some nasty stuff to the media to make the Jets brass look bad over his contract – a lot of stuff.
Revis is going to have the Giants’ team doctor, Dr. Russell Warren, perform his knee surgery.
This is a punch in the gut to Jets doctor Ken Montgomery.
Don’t get me wrong, Warren is an outstanding doctor, at one of the nation’s best hospitals, The Hospital for Special Surgery. I’m sure he will do a terrific job.
But Dr. Montgomery also has a great reputation.
Honestly, these guys perform these ACL surgeries almost every day. How much better can Warren be than Montgomery?
I’m not blaming Warren, but in recent years, Terrell Thomas and Steve Smith had knee setbacks. Let me re-iterate, I’m not blaming Warren, but it happened.
If Revis had gone to Dr. Andrews, nobody would say anything – he’s a legend. But to go to the Giants doctor, and the Giants hospital, that really has to stick in the craw of Montgomery and the Jets medical staff.
October 15, 2012
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